Everything about Athearn totally explained
Athearn is an
United States manufacturer of
model railroad equipment, produced and distributed by American hobby manufacturer
Horizon Hobby, Inc. of
Champaign, Illinois, USA.
History
The company's history began in
1938, when its founder-to-be, Irv Athearn, started an elaborate
O scale layout in his mother's house. After placing an ad selling the layout, and receiving much response to it, Irv decided that selling model railroads would be a good living. He sold train products out of his mother's house through most of the
1940s. After becoming a full-time retailer in
1946, Irv opened a separate facility in
Hawthorne, California in
1948, and that same year he branched into
HO scale models for the first time.
Athearn acquired the Globe Models product line and improved upon it, introducing a comprehensive array of locomotive, passenger and freight car models. Improvements included all-wheel drive and electrical contact. One innovation was the "Hi-F" drive mechanism, employing small rubber bands to transfer motion from the motor spindle to the wheels. Another was the double-ended ring magnet motor, which permitted easy connection to all wheel drive assemblies. Athearn was also able to incorporate flywheels into double-ended drives.
Irv Athearn died in
1991. New owners took control in
1994, but continued to follow Athearn's commitment to high-quality products at reasonable prices.
Athearn was bought in
2004 by Horizon Hobby. Athearn was then moved from its facility in
Compton to a new facility in
Carson, California.
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